Family Mental Health Support Network of Niagara

The Family Mental Health Support Network of Niagara (FSN) supports both the family and the individual with serious mental illnesses and concurrent disorders (substance abuse). We offer 4 session and 12 session workshops in 5 cities throughout Niagara. There is no charge to attend our groups but we do accept donations through our website. understanding the illnesses

2. learning the available resources in the community that can help the caregiver and ill person

3. self-care skills for the caregiver. The groups are free. Our 4 facilitators are both family members and mental health professionals. We began offering groups in 1996 to assist families to better understand the illnesses, learn the available resources in the community that can help their relative and coach the family how and why it is vital to put self-care at the top of their priority list. We believe that an uneducated family does more harm than good. We also offer individual and family counselling in the privacy of the family home or our office. This is a fee for service and is sometimes reimbursable through insurance. We have a sliding scale and encourage people to just tell us if the cost is prohibitive so we can adjust the rate down. We also offer the following seminars.

1. Living Works safeTALK is a 3 hour seminar to learn the signs of su***de and how to connect the person to a professional helper.

2. Mental Health First Aid Canada is a 12 hour seminar over 2 days to learn to identify symptoms of mental illness and encourage the person to get treatment.

3. Family to Family Mental Health Education 8 and 24 hour seminars spread over 4 or 12 nights.

4. Mentorship and Leadership Training for Business.

5. Self-care seminars for front line workers.